Abdallah II. Ibn Thunayyan
Abdallah II. Ibn Thunayyan ibn Ibrahim Al Saud ( Arabic عبد الله بن ثنيان بن إبراهيم آل سعود, DMG ʿAbd Allāh b. Ṯunaiyān b. Ibrāhīm Āl Saʿūd ; † 1843 ) was an imam of the Wahhabis from 1841 to 1843 .
Abdallah II was one of the members of the Saud clan who were exiled in Cairo after 1818 . After the Egyptian troops finally had to withdraw from Arabia in 1841 , they supported Abdallah II in order to overthrow Khalid ibn Saud . Although Khalid had come to power with Egyptian troops, Muhammad Ali Pasha believed that with Abdallah II he could better secure Egypt's influence in Arabia.
Abdallah II tried with a tyranny to subdue the Najd tribes again and to consolidate his rule. However, in 1843 Faisal ibn Turki Al Saud managed to escape from Cairo. With his return, the tribes fell away from Abdallah II and Faisal I succeeded in conquering Riyadh . Abdallah II died in prison soon after.
literature
- Jörg-Dieter Brandes: … with saber and Koran, Saudi Arabia or the rise of the Saud royal family and the Wahabites. Thorbecke, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-7995-0094-4 .
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| SURNAME | Abdallah II. Ibn Thunayyan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Al Saud, Abdallah II. Ibn Thunayyan ibn Ibrahim (full name); عبد الله بن ثنيان بن إبراهيم آل سعود (Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Imam of the Wahhabis (1841–1843) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 18th century or 19th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1843 |